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Pas or plus would depend on the comings and goings of these two personages previous to the week described in this sentence. As we do not know if they have left one anothers' side previous, we don't know which is correct.

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May I add what I hope will be a clarifying comment?
I believe that both 'ils ne se sont plus quittés' and 'ils ne se sont pas quittés' mean that they didn't leave each other's side, but the only difference between the two French sentences lies with the previous sentences, what happened before this sentence. Because 'ils ne se sont pas quittés' merely describes the present situation, regardless of what happened before, whereas the second 'ils ne se sont plus quittés' while describing the current situation, establishes a contrast with what was the case before.
Hope it helps

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At least then my post will have been useful because you said exactly what I was saying, but much faster than I did.
And I agree with you about rude comments that ought not to be written in such a nice forum.

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If I may quote the great Shakespeare, I am afraid this is all much ado about nothing.
Even though your comments are quite interesting, I would like to point out that Diddlina just underlined a phrase, "ils ne se sont plus quittés", which I believe she/he understood quite clearly.
So I wonder what all the fuss about "pas" is, since she/he only quoted.
Unless my ageing eyes played me a nasty trick, I did read "plus" and not "pas".
Have a very nice day.

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Sorry for your ageing eyes or your excellent memory , and forgive me for contradicting you, jierbe, in spite of your quoting our master for the English language, but if I am not wrong, you participated in discussing the 'pas/ plus' controversy .
What is more, I believe the controversy was worth raising since although Diddlina got it right from the start, Giannid's 'they never left each other' could either mean 'not anymore' or simply 'not at all'. So, it was worth clarifying things if not for the one who raised the question at least for the one who hadn't quite seen all the details. This is how we all learn more, isn't it?

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Sorry for your ageing eyes or your excellent memory , and forgive me for contradicting you, jierbe, in spite of your quoting our master for the English language, but if I am not wrong, you participated in discussing the 'pas/ plus' controversy .
What is more, I believe the controversy was worth raising since although Diddlina got it right from the start, Giannid's 'they never left each other' could either mean 'not anymore' or simply 'not at all'. So, it was worth clarifying things if not for the one who raised the question at least for the one who hadn't quite seen all the details. This is how we all learn more, isn't it?